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MISSION STATEMENT

To place staff and students at the heart of all that we do. To teach and mentor the next generation of doctors for the benefit of the patients we care for, their families and support persons. We will be leaders in clinical teaching through safe and supportive learning environments, excellence, innovation, and impactful research to fulfil our goal of producing exceptional graduates now and into the future.

The University Department of Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Newborn Health is responsible for teaching Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Neonatal Paediatrics, to MD medical students. Currently, each year approximately 330 medical students spend 6 weeks (across 6 rotations) attached to the Department during the third year of their medical course. In addition, there are graduate research students pursuing full-time or part-time research through the Department. These include Honours, Master of Biomedical Sciences and Doctor of Philosophy students. In Quarter 1 of 2024, there were approximately 38 graduate research students enrolled in the Department undertaking their PhD, including 4 under examination.

The Vision of the Department is to improve health around the world through research, education and clinical training in obstetrics, gynaecology and newborn health, and it's Mission as a values-led and unified department, is to nurture great people and big ideas in teaching and research to lead and improve health outcomes globally in obstetrics, gynaecology and newborn health.

The Department aims to provide high-quality academic services across a broad range of clinical, educational and research activities within its associated teaching hospitals, and especially at its major centres, the Royal Women's Hospital and the Mercy Hospital for Women.

Other associated teaching hospitals are the Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s at St. Albans (part of Western Health),  the Northern Hospital in Epping (part of Northern Health), the St Vincent’s and the Epworth Clinical Schools (and private hospitals) and the Ballarat Hospital and Goulburn Valley Hospital (Shepparton), both of which are linked to the Department of Rural Health.

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